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The Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) ☑️ What is the CCC: 🎯 a cash flow KPI used to evaluate the efficiency of your company's working capital management ☑️ How to calculate the CCC: CCC = DIO + DSO - DPO 🎯 Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) = the average number of days it takes your company to sell its inventory = Average Inventory / Purchases x 365 *Simplified formulas use COGS instead of Purchases in the denominator 🎯 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) = the average number of days it takes your company to collect payment from customers = Average Accounts Receivable / Credit Sales x 365 🎯 Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) = the average number of days it takes your company to pay suppliers for goods and services received. = Average Accounts Payable / COGS x 365 ☑️ What the CCC means: 🎯 Your Inventory is outstanding from the moment you receive (or take title) of the product and until you sell it to your customer(s) 🎯 Your Payables are outstanding from the moment you receive your supplier’s invoice until the time when you pay that invoice 🎯 Your Receivables are outstanding from the moment you invoice your customer until the time your customer pays you 🎯 The CCC measures the length of time from Cash Out to Supplier to Cash In from Customer ☑️ How to use the CCC: 🎯 Track over periods, compare against historical and forecasted results, use to forecast future cash availability, compare with peers 🎯 The shorter the CCC, the better your liquidity, efficiency and operating cash flow 🎯 The longer the CCC, the more cash flow issues and potential financial distress 🎯 Negative CCC indicates you’re leveraging your substantial bargaining power with suppliers and strong supply chain management to finance your working capital assets, operations and growth ☑️ How to manage the CCC: 🎯 Read this section in this week's edition of The Finance Gem 💎 So here you have it: the rundown on the CCC: ☑️ What it is: KPI for working capital management ☑️ How to calculate it: CCC = DIO + DSO - DPO ☑️ What it means: time from Cash Out to Supplier to Cash In from Customer ☑️ How to use it: track over time with a focus on optimizing What would you add? ______________________________________________________ 💎 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 my free newsletter - The Finance Gem 💎 - get my unabbreviated Linkedin post content and other finance gems delivered straight to your inbox >>(𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 my Linkedin profile & below in 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀) ➕ Follow me for more finance, business, and cash flow insights. 🔔 Ring the bell at the top right of my profile so you don't miss out on new posts. #entrepreneur #finance #business

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Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Driving Effective Financial Strategy for CEOs and CFOs | Compounding your Impact x Influence through Strategic Finance Courses, Trainings & Talks | Founder and President, Financiario.Com

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Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Driving Effective Financial Strategy for CEOs and CFOs | Compounding your Impact x Influence through Strategic Finance Courses, Trainings & Talks | Founder and President, Financiario.Com

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Murad Omar

🌟 Accountant |Finance Business Partner|Financial Reporting|Taxation|Budgeting|CPA|Streamlined Processes, Increasing efficiency by 20%🔧

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Oana Labes, MBA, CPA I couldn't agree more 👍 just to add, improve the CCC by: -Improving your inventory management: Review your inventory management process to identify areas where you can reduce inventory levels without affecting customer service. This can help you reduce inventory turnover days and free up cash that is tied up in inventory. -Accelerate accounts receivable: Look for ways to speed up your accounts receivable collections, such as offering discounts for early payment or implementing a more efficient invoicing process. This can reduce accounts receivable days and improve your cash flow. -Negotiate payment terms with suppliers: Try to negotiate longer payment terms with your suppliers, while still maintaining good relationships with them. This can increase your accounts payable days and give you more time to pay your bills, freeing up cash in the short term

One valuable piece of information to add is that the Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) can be influenced not only by operational factors but also by external factors such as changes in market conditions, economic trends, and shifts in customer behavior. For example, an economic recession can lead to longer payment terms for customers and suppliers, which can increase the CCC. Therefore, it's essential to monitor the CCC regularly and be proactive in adjusting your working capital management strategies to adapt to changing market conditions

Mashood Askari, ACMA, CGMA, CPA, BFP - ICAEW, FIPA FFA

Chief Financial Officer & an innovative business leader Providing Innovative Business Finance Expertise & Modern Business Strategies.

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Payment to supplier shall be after selling inventory, as a practical sequence. Credit period normally falls 45-60 days during which inventory sold out. So the correct order must be: 1. Inventory purchase 2. Inventory Sold 3. Payment to Vendor 4. Collection from customers. Gap between payment and collection must be reasonably minimum to ensure availability of working capital.

Praneeta Ranchhod CA(SA)

Strategic Financial Partner guiding ambitious SMEs to financial clarity and growth

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Huge upfront inventory purchases and delayed customer payments are the reason businesses struggle with cash flow. 👌🏽

Nicolas Boucher

I teach Finance Teams how to use AI - Keynote speaker on AI for Finance & FP&A

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That’s a great way to visualize the CCC!

Ghulam Saber, CPA, FPFA, CAF(ICAP), CFAB(ICAEW), B. Com

Head of Finance & Commercial | Sr. Manager FP&A | Internal Audit | Tax Manager | Operations | Consultancy | Freelance

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Nice sharing

Rayhan A.

Entrepreneur and Investor

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Great post. Thanks for sharing

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